Research
15 December 2021
Designing Holistic Well-Being in the Age of Hybrid Working
Ferdinand Cheung, LWK + PARTNERS
The rise of the hybrid mode of working means that people with vastly different backgrounds, knowledge, skills, and individual needs are working alongside and collaborating...
01 March 2017
Raffles City in Hangzhou China - The Engineering of a ‘Vertical City’ of Vibrant Waves
Aaron J. Wang, CapitaLand Limited
This mixed-use Raffles City (RCH) development is located near the Qiantang River in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, located southwest of Shanghai, China. The...
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17 October 2016
Megacities: Setting the Scene
Daniel Safarik, Shawn Ursini & Antony Wood; Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
The rise of the megacity presents unprecedented opportunities to understand the human urbanization phenomenon, and to observe the effects of multicore, polycentric cities growing together...
31 December 2014
Interactive Study on Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014
Daniel Safarik, Antony Wood, Marty Carver & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH
An All-Time Record 97 Buildings of 200 Meters or Higher Completed in 2014 and 2014 showed further shifts towards Asia, and also surprising developments in...
06 November 2014
From Block to Blob and Back Again
Ben van Berkel, UNStudio
United Network Studio (UN Studio) is a Dutch architecture firm founded in 1988 by Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos, which in the 2000s established...
16 September 2014
Urban Mega-Structure – Vertical Landscape of Hangzhou Civic Center
Linxue Li & Jie Wu, Tongji University
Based on the design practice of Hangzhou civic center, the paper defines the “Urban Megastructure”, a new typology for the urban high-rise known as super...
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31 December 2013
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2013
Daniel Safarik, Antony Wood, Marty Carver & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH
By all appearances, the small increase in the total number of tall-building completions from 2012 into 2013 is indicative of a return to the prevalent...
23 September 2012
The Tallest 15 Cities in China
CTBUH Research
With over 1.3 billion citizens and a rapidly urbanizing population, China is developing tall buildings more than any other country globally. Currently it has 239...
21 September 2012
30 Years in China: An Architect/Developer’s Perspective
John Portman, John Portman & Associates
The Portman Companies were one of the first foreign entities to establish business relations in China, and have since become recognized for quality building design...
19 September 2012
Debating Tall: Is China's Property Bubble Ready to Burst?
KK Fung, JLL; Tianlun Jian, Economist
Soaring prices led many analysts to predict that a bubble was forming in China's housing industry prompted government measures to dampen the market. This quarter's...
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